Surname:
McCartney
Given names:
Bessie
Given address:
Upper Stafford St
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Elizabeth Logan McCartney was born in 1871 in Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of William McCartney and Agnes Milliken.
William, a fisherman and grocer, married Agnes in 1871 and died the same year.
Agnes married William Slemint in 1877 in Girvan and, in 1880, with Elizabeth they emigrated to Otago on the Canterbury.
There were five half siblings born in New Zealand. In 1893 Bessie was living with her mother and step father in Upper Stafford St, Dunedin.
Bessie died in 1952 and her remains were cremated.
Sources
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Scotlands People https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.
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